Is 'nobody' hurt by government shutdown? Well, think again

10:45 PM,
Oct. 7, 2013

Written by

Lynn Evans
| Contributing Columnist

Supporters of public education hear it too often, especially about public schools in some urban areas and the Mississippi Delta. "Nobody goes to public schools." Of course, children are streaming through the school doors every day. What these critics are really saying: "Nobody I think is important goes to public school."

Some among us are now saying, "Nody has been hurt by the sequester," and "Nobody will be hurt by the government shutdown." That "nobody" keeps including more and more people.

A July NBC/Wall St. Journal poll found that 22 percent of Americans have been affected by the Great ...